Cain

E113963
Biblical figure Person in the Book of Genesis

Cain is a biblical figure known as the firstborn son of Adam and Eve and for committing the first murder by killing his brother Abel.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cain canonical 26
Qabil (Cain) 1
biblical Cain 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure ⓘ
Person in the Book of Genesis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Qayin (Hebrew transliteration) ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Genesis ⓘ
appearsInChapter Genesis 4 ⓘ
associatedWithTheme divine justice ⓘ
fratricide ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
sin ⓘ
built city named after his son Enoch ⓘ
child Enoch ⓘ
surface form: Enoch (son of Cain)
contrastedWith Abel ⓘ
crime murder of Abel ⓘ
culturalImpact inspired numerous works of art and literature ⓘ
etymologyTradition name sometimes linked to Hebrew root meaning "to acquire" ⓘ
firstMurderer true ⓘ
genealogicalRole ancestor of a separate line from Seth ⓘ
givenName Cain self-link ⓘ
hasSignificantAttribute mark of Cain ⓘ
knownFor committing the first murder in the Bible ⓘ
killing his brother Abel ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
markPurpose protection from being killed ⓘ
mentionedIn Christian Old Testament ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
surface form: New Testament (as an example of evil)
moralLesson warning against envy and anger ⓘ
motiveForMurder jealousy of Abel ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
offeredTo God ⓘ
offeringOutcome rejected by God ⓘ
offeringType fruit of the ground ⓘ
parent Adam ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
positionInFamily firstborn son of Adam and Eve ⓘ
punishedBy God ⓘ
punishment banishment ⓘ
becoming a wanderer ⓘ
receivedMarkFrom God ⓘ
religion Biblical tradition ⓘ
settledIn land of Nod ⓘ
sibling Abel ⓘ
Seth ⓘ
spouse unnamed wife ⓘ
symbolInLiterature archetype of the murderer ⓘ
symbolInTheology example of unrepentant sinner ⓘ
victim Abel ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adam → parentOf → Cain ⓘ
Epistle of Jude → containsReferenceTo → Cain ⓘ
חַוָּה → parentOf → Cain ⓘ
Abel → hasSibling → Cain ⓘ
Abel → killedBy → Cain ⓘ
Abel → contrastedWith → Cain ⓘ
Abel → moralContrastWith → Cain ⓘ
Seth → sibling → Cain ⓘ
Seth → bornAfter → Cain ⓘ
Sandman → hasCharacter → Cain ⓘ
subject surface form: The Sandman
Primeval history → mainCharacter → Cain ⓘ
אָדָם → child → Cain ⓘ
Cain → givenName → Cain self-link ⓘ
Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) → interpretsAsAllegory → Cain ⓘ
Dean Cain → familyName → Cain ⓘ
Prophet Adam → children → Cain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qabil (Cain)
Adam Raised a Cain → hasBiblicalReference → Cain ⓘ
the Wild Hunt → leader → Cain ⓘ
subject surface form: Wild Hunt
Deckard Cain → familyName → Cain ⓘ
Son of Eve → sibling → Cain ⓘ
Children of Eden → centralCharacter → Cain ⓘ
Genesis 4 → mainCharacters → Cain ⓘ
Cal Trask → basedOn → Cain ⓘ
Cal Trask → inspiredBy → Cain ⓘ
this entity surface form: biblical Cain
Matt Cain → familyName → Cain ⓘ
Book XV → discusses → Cain ⓘ
subject surface form: Book XV (The City of God)
this entity surface form: line of Cain
Book XV → hasKeyFigureDiscussed → Cain ⓘ
subject surface form: Book XV (The City of God)
James M. Cain → familyName → Cain ⓘ
Herman Cain → familyName → Cain ⓘ